Cricosaurus bambergensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Metriorhynchoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Subsectio: Pseudosuchia Cladus: Suchia Cladus: Paracrocodylomorpha Cladus: Loricata Superordo: Crocodylomorpha Ordo: Crocodylia Subordo: †Thalattosuchia Superfamilia: †Metriorhynchoidea

Familia: †Metriorhynchidae
Subfamilia: †Metriorhynchinae
Tribus: †Rhacheosaurini
Genus: †Cricosaurus
Species: †Cricosaurus bambergensis

Name

Cricosaurus bambergensis Sachs, Young, Abel & Mallison, 2019

• Type specimen: NKMB-P-Watt14/274
• Type locality: Torleite Formation, Germany

References

• Sachs, S., Young, M.T., Abel, P. & Mallison, H. 2019. A new species of the metriorhynchid crocodylomorph Cricosaurus from the Upper Jurassic of southern Germany. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 64(2): 343–356. DOI: 10.4202/app.00541.2018 Reference page. 

Links

• Cricosaurus bambergensis – Taxon details on Paleobiology Database.